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Last Feb or March I got a comfrey from Richter's. It was basically a leaf with roots, and had survived a trip from Canada to Texas thanks to their good packing. I potted it in a six-inch clay pot, not really expecting to have much success. It now has a dozen or so leaves, some over a foot long. It wilts in direct sun but revives in the relative cool of the evening (it's on a porch facing SE). The leaves have some burn spots and aren't too deep a green, but they seem fairly sturdy. I've just fended off an infestation of mealy bugs by hand and they don't seem any worse for that. I'm thinking it wilts because it's in such a small pot; the roots have to need more room than they have.
Anyway, it's time for me to decide about the transplant, which will occur probably in late September. I have a very big pot -- probably 20-inch -- and I also am putting in a big herb garden that's divided into four quarters. I want the comfrey in the forward center of one of the quarters. I just have to decide whether to put it into the ground, or into the big pot and set the pot in the quarter. The garden will get full sun next summer: the house faces NW and the garden is directly behind the house. So the house shades the area when the sun is going down but that's the only shade.
I'd RATHER put it in the ground, but wonder if it has acclimated enough to withstand the sun next summer if I do. I'd hate to kill it by putting it in the ground and letting the heat get it -- if it's in a pot and gets distressed I can move it into shade pretty easily.
GardenMermaid? You have to have an opinion on this one. But thanks in advance to anyone about this.
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